stagnation
Example Sentences
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But President Nixon’s resignation, economic stagnation and the Vietnam War had caused Americans’ faith in government to waver.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Where the article stresses a sense of stagnation and managed decline, several campaigns cast the moment as an opening for large-scale structural change.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
But at 76, Almodóvar shows no signs of slowing down or creative stagnation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
Although Skyworks is attempting to grow its Broad Markets division—encompassing data center, auto, and WiFi—to offset mobile stagnation, Schafer has dubbed this effort a “prove it” initiative.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
Durham! and as if by magic, everything springs into new life, the veins and arteries of business throw off their stagnation and the bright sun of prosperity sends its radiant beams out upon the world...
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Vocabulary lists containing stagnation
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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President Trump's First State of The Union Address (2018)
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